Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) | Hansard source

I thank the Leader of the Opposition for his question; I really do. We have had draft legislation on this measure out for weeks for consultation. Consultation was due to finish on Friday. We had, in that context, made it very clear that we would introduce legislation to deal with this issue. During the debate about the tax, those opposite complained about a lack of consultation up to this point. They've said that what we should have done was flag taxes before the budget, which would have, of course, like other tax measures that have an impact on the day that they're announced, meant that there was the potential—

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